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Stocks post best weekly gain since January
Wall Street closed Friday with a modest advance, but the broader market chalked
up its best weekly gain since January, as a rebound in manufacturing activity
helped Wall Street look past disappointing earnings news from General Motors
Corp. and American International Group Inc.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Gas-price squeeze to fuel refiner profits
With the summer driving season still months away, pump prices have already
begun rising as a combination of factors threaten to squeeze supplies. And with
pump prices expected to continue rising as summer approaches, driversâ?T pain
may soon become refinersâ?T gain, according to analysts who follow the
industry. By MSNBC.com's John Schoen
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11877922/
GM shares hit after '05 loss rises by $2 billion
General Motors Corp. shares sank more than 3 percent Friday after the worldâ?Ts
largest automaker increased its previously-reported loss for 2005 by $2 billion
to reflect fresh estimates of the costs of bailing out its former parts-making
unit and revamping its loss-riddled North American operations.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11865286/
Industrial production bounces back
Industrial production grew by 0.7 percent in February, with all of the strength
coming from a big pickup in output at utilities. Factory production was flat.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11876143/
Wal-Mart lobbies to expand in India
A top Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executive said Friday he was encouraged by talks
with Indian government officials as the worldâ?Ts biggest retailer lobbies to
gain access to one of the worldâ?Ts fastest-growing economies.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11879125/
Airlines raise fares for second-straight week
Major airlines raised fares on most domestic routes by $5 each way on Friday,
matching a fare hike pushed through on Thursday by bankrupt carrier Delta Air
Lines Inc.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11880699/
Sears-Kmart strategy still murky a year later
Twelve months after the Kmart-Sears merger, industry experts are still trying
to figure out just what Chairman Edward Lampert has in mind for the famously
struggling store brands.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11878582/
Delta pilots make case at arbitration hearing
Delta's pilot union sought to show Friday that flying a commercial plane
requires a lot of training and professionalism and â?" ultimately â?" good pay.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11879378/
Spitzer says H&R Block settlement unlikely
New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Friday that H&R Block's
public denials about deceptive marketing makes a settlement less likely.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11880248/
Telecommuters are wired in, for better or worse
More than 30 years after the lifestyle began inching into mainstream corporate
culture, there were almost 14 million Americans telecommuting at least part
time in 2004, and an additional 7 million running businesses from home,
according to the most recent Labor Department data.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11825397/
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